Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1353. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. Uncertain period (pre-reform). AH 41-77 / AD 661-697. Æ Fals (4.11 g, 12h). Type VII. Hims (Emesa) mint. Facing bust of Byzantine emperor, holding globus cruciger; to left, KAΛON; to right, “bi-hims” in Arabic and bird’s-eye / Large m; star flanked by bird’s eyes above; ground line below; Є/M/I С/H/С to left and right; “tayyib” in Arabic above “dumbell” flanked by pellets in exergue. SICA I 538; Walker, Arab-Byzantine 65; Album 110. VF, black patina with dusty overtones.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.